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Three Steps to Lower Cholesterol
Despite decades of educating Canadians to eat fewer fat and cholesterol-containing foods, heart disease is still the number one cause of deat.
Potent and Versatile Plant Sterols
Plant sterols can be found in every single plant. Raw almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and peas are the highest source of sterol.
Sterols
Plant sterols have cholesterol-lowering properties. They appear to inhibit the absorption of dietary cholesterol. There is convincing research showing that plant sterols effectively lower total cholesterol. In fact, plant sterols have been shown to reduce total cholesterol levels by anywhere from 10 to 15 percent.